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Self-Regulation in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Research provides a sound rationale for its importance and impact on learners. Educational psychology: developing learners (7th ed.). In particular, I see a clear connection to how path and pace can promote self-regulation, a competency that is important for students in school and all of us in our professional lives. An article by Y.

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Middle school’s moment: What the science tells us about improving the middle grades

The Hechinger Report

The school has been held up as a national model by researchers at MIT and the University of Virginia, which is studying how to better align middle school with the developmental needs of adolescents. Meanwhile, new findings in developmental psychology are shedding a fresh light on what motivates middle schoolers.

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School support staffers stuck earning poverty level wages

The Hechinger Report

“Teachers can do only so much, so paraprofessionals are the bridge for students to receive the individualized services they need,” said Ritu Chopra, executive director of the Paraprofessional Resource and Research Center at the University of Colorado Denver. In high school, another aide helped her prepare for the ACT.

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